One In Jesus

If you really understand the point of the emerging movement, you’d know why it would be so inappropriate for me to try to reach firm conclusions. The emerging churches are all about conversation and discovery — and opposed to declaring that a final answer has been reached. Therefore, it’s impossible to capture the soul of the movement in a list of propositions. You see, being a true movement, it moves. Continue reading →

Well, the last element of the emerging church movement is the fact that most in the movement vote Democrat — which certainly separates them from much of evangelicalism. McKnight writes,

I don’t think the Democratic Party is worth a hoot, but its historic commitment to the poor and to centralizing government for social justice is what I think government should do. I don’t support abortion — in fact, I think it is immoral. I believe in civil rights, but I don’t believe homosexuality is God’s design. And, like many in the emerging movement, I think the Religious Right doesn’t see what it is doing. Continue reading →

McKnight parts with many in the emerging movement over the exclusivity of salvation.

An admittedly controversial element of post-evangelicalism is that many in the emerging movement are skeptical about the “in versus out” mentality of much of evangelicalism. Even if one is an exclusivist (believing that there is a dividing line between Christians and non-Christians), the issue of who is in and who is out pains the emerging generation. Continue reading →